A report on Monotheism
Belief that there is only one deity, an all-supreme being that is universally referred to as God.
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God
16 linksIn monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
Judaism
14 linksJudaism is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
Deity
13 linksHypothetical supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred.
Hypothetical supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred.
Monotheistic religions accept only one deity (predominantly referred to as "God"), whereas polytheistic religions accept multiple deities.
Islam
13 linksIslam (الإسلام, ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text that is considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or Allah) as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main and final Islamic prophet.
Christianity
10 linksChristianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
Polytheism
14 linksBelief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals.
Belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals.
Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God, in most cases transcendent.
Akhenaten
9 linksAncient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
The views of Egyptologists differ as to whether the religious policy was absolutely monotheistic, or whether it was monolatry, syncretistic, or henotheistic.
Monolatry
8 linksBelief in the existence of many gods, but with the consistent worship of only one deity.
Belief in the existence of many gods, but with the consistent worship of only one deity.
Monolatry is distinguished from monotheism, which asserts the existence of only one god, and henotheism, a religious system in which the believer worships one god without denying that others may worship different gods with equal validity.
Zoroastrianism
6 linksIranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster .
Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster .
It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ontology and an eschatology which predicts the ultimate conquest of evil by good.
Druze
5 linksArabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group originating in Western Asia, who adhere to a faith that originally developed out of Ismaili Islam although most Druze do not identify as Muslims.
Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group originating in Western Asia, who adhere to a faith that originally developed out of Ismaili Islam although most Druze do not identify as Muslims.
They practice Druzism, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad and ancient Greek philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Zeno of Citium.